Analyze, organize, and synthesize information in order to solve problems, answer questions, complete a task, or create a product.

Differentiate between fact and opinion and evaluate their impact.

Analyze ideas within and between selections providing textual evidence.

Use the reading strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process.

10.1

The student will make planned multimodal, interactive presentations collaboratively and individually.

Make strategic use of multimodal tools.

Credit information sources.

Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with diverse teams including setting rules and goals for group work such as coming to informal consensus, taking votes on key issues, and presenting alternate views.

Assume responsibility for specific group tasks.

Include all group members and value individual contributions made by each group member.

Use a variety of strategies to listen actively and speak using appropriate discussion rules with awareness of verbal and nonverbal cues.

Respond thoughtfully and tactfully to diverse perspectives, summarizing points of agreement and disagreement.

Choose vocabulary, language, and tone appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.

Access, critically evaluate, and use information accurately to solve problems.

Use reflection to evaluate one’s own role and the group process in small-group activities.

Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, use of evidence, rhetoric, and identify any faulty reasoning.

10.5

The student will read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate nonfiction texts.

Analyze text features and organizational patterns to evaluate the meaning of texts.

Recognize an author’s intended audience and purpose for writing.

Skim materials to develop an overview and locate information.

Compare and contrast informational texts for intent and content.

Interpret and use data and information in maps, charts, graphs, timelines, tables, and diagrams.

Draw conclusions and make inferences on explicit and implied information using textual support as evidence.

Analyze and synthesize information in order to solve problems, answer questions, and generate new knowledge.

Analyze ideas within and between selections providing textual evidence.

Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize ideas, while maintaining meaning and a logical sequence of events, within and between texts.

Use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor comprehension.

11.1

The student will make planned informative and persuasive multimodal, interactive presentations collaboratively and individually.

Select and effectively use multimodal tools to design and develop presentation content.

Credit information sources.

Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams.

Respond thoughtfully and tactfully to diverse perspectives, summarizing points of agreement and disagreement.

Use a variety of strategies to listen actively and speak using appropriate discussion rules with awareness of verbal and nonverbal cues.

Anticipate and address alternative or opposing perspectives and counterclaims.

Evaluate the various techniques used to construct arguments in multimodal presentations.

Use vocabulary appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.

Evaluate effectiveness of multimodal presentations.

11.5

The student will read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a variety of nonfiction texts including employment documents and technical writing.

Apply information from texts to clarify understanding of concepts.

Read and correctly interpret an application for employment, workplace documents, or an application for college admission.

Analyze technical writing for clarity.

Paraphrase and synthesize ideas within and between texts.

Draw conclusions and make inferences on explicit and implied information using textual support.

Analyze multiple texts addressing the same topic to determine how authors reach similar or different conclusions.

using a decision-making model to analyze and explain the costs and benefits of a specific choice;

applying civic virtue and democratic principles to make collaborative decisions; and

defending conclusions orally and in writing to a wide range of audiences, using evidence from sources.

CE.3

The student will apply social science skills to understand citizenship and the rights, duties, and responsibilities of citizens by

describing the processes by which an individual becomes a citizen of the United States;

describing the First Amendment freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, and the rights guaranteed by due process and equal protection of the laws;

describing the duties of citizenship, including obeying the laws, paying taxes, defending the nation, and serving in court;

examining the responsibilities of citizenship, including registering and voting, communicating with government officials, participating in political campaigns, keeping informed about current issues, and respecting differing opinions in a diverse society; and

evaluating how civic and social duties address community needs and serve the public good.

CE.4

The student will demonstrate personal character traits that facilitate thoughtful and effective participation in civic life by